Technical note: PCR analysis of minimum target amount of ancient DNA

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 321-327

  Woide, Daniela ^a   Zink, Albert ^b   Thalhammer, Stefan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; DNA extraction; Laser microdissection; LV PCR; SPATS

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BONE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LASER MICRODISSECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTINS; AMELOGENIN; DNA; EGYPT; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HAVERSIAN SYSTEM; HUMANS; MICRODISSECTION; MUMMIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77952786635     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21268     Document Type: Article

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